Simply Me (excerpt)
By: Azza El Wakeel
The lonely woman
Is simply me
The child who is hiding
And keeps writing
About her doubts
Laughs and tears
Is the other she in me
The dreamy girl
Is also me
But most of all
I am the fearful adolescent
Who doesn’t want to grow
Doesn’t want to know
Doesn’t want
To let go of you
Don’t let go of me
Don’t end my dream
Nor tell me that
Our romance isn’t true
Our story started
When I was a girl
And you were a boy
Your love is
My only joy
My only toy
(Image is from: Pinterest)
My Diamond Crown
By: Azza El Wakeel
I am amazed
How the moon
Seems more brighter
To my eyes
When you’re around
The world seems
More beautiful
Like a fresh rose
Watered by
The dew drops
At dawn
When you’re close
I feel I am
The luckiest woman
On the earth
The queen of the world
And your love is
My diamond crown
(Image is from: Pinterest)
Crying On The Ashes
By: Azza El Wakeel
One day, years ago
You promised me that
You would be faithful to me
But you betrayed me
You promised me that
You would always remember me
But you forgot me
I lived after you
Hiding my tears
Suppressing my groans
And one day, I gathered
All the things that
Reminded me of you
And set them on fire
Then I sat crying on the ashes
My heart burning with regret
For the memories that
The flames burned
And I felt angry at myself which
Has not gotten over you
Despite the passage of time
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A Lost Star
By: Azza El Wakeel
Do you think if I were
Able to forget you
Would I be wandering
Like a lost star in the sky
Can’t find a place to rest
Don’t know the east
From the west
You were my compass
The reason for my sparkling
Since you left
I stopped shinning
Do you think if I were
Able to bury your memories
Would I be wondering
If you still love me?
Do you think if I were
Able to forget you
Would I be suffering
From white nights
Showering my pillows
With tears
Haunted by anxiety
And fears
That I lost you forever!
(Image is from: Pinterest)
Your Old Dream
By: Azza El Wakeel
My mind is free
To choose the words
I talk
But certain paths
Are destined for me
To walk
I am free to be
An angel or a beast
I have the power
To spread lights
Or start fires
But I am too weak
Towards my heart’s desires
You asked me
What brings me to you?
Oh can’t you see
I am your old dream
That’s becoming true!
(Image is from: Pinterest)
Twin Flames
By: Azza El Wakeel
As if we were born
Twin flames
Can’t be together
Can’t stay apart
Love continues burning
Both our hearts
A childish couple
Teasing each other
Playing silly games
We both are losers
Never learning
From our mistakes
We fight and neither of us
Wins the battle
Nor agrees to surrender
So we end up
In separation when
We both are hurting
But pretend
It doesn’t matter
We both are suffering
But stubbornness
Makes us lie
Saying we were
Never better
Till one day again
We long for one another
Reach for each other
Return together
Start all over again
With new burning flames
And more silly games
(Image is from: Pinterest)
Beyond The Waves
By: Azza El Wakeel
Your sea water is blue
My heart is full of blues
Your sea water is warm
My heart is on fire
I long to dive
Beyond the waves
Explore your depths
Become more close
Find clarity
To my confusion
Discover you more
Love you more
If I would be able
I would dissolve
In your waters
And never return
To the shore
(Image is from: Pinterest)
Silent Screams
By: Azza El Wakeel
Visitor of my dreams
Do you hear my silent screams
Can you heal my pain
Bring back my sun that faded
Return my birds
That migrated back to sing
Will you shelter me
Under your wings
Cure my wounds
Dry my tears, calm my fears
Compensate my stolen years
(Image is from: Pinterest)
A Gypsy in a State Of Love
By: Azza El Wakeel
In an ornamented gypsy’s dress
My tresses decorated with red roses
My neck and wrists with necklaces
And bracelets of gardenia
The jingling of my anklet
Foregoing to your meeting
Announcing my arriving steps
The sound of my castanets
Echoing in the open space
Whenever I beat my tambour
At the beginning of evening
After the sun departed
Leaving a touch of its setting
On my cheeks
My shyness at meeting you
And my timidity’s instinct
The sparkles of stars splitting the sky
The moonlight slipping from concealment
A gypsy in a state of love
Left without an earlier appointment
Sure of my love
Your picture engraved like a tattoo
In my fantasy since birth
Longing for you haunts my insides
Yearning to find you runs in my blood
But after I left to meet you
After waiting so long
After breaking the chains
And overstepping the limits
I woke up from my dream
To discover that my braid
Wasn’t yet undone
I was never decorated
With red roses and gardenia
Never ever wore an anklet
(Image is from: Pinterest)
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